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Francis Collins will remain the director of the National Institutes of Health, for now:
Ending weeks of speculation, President-elect Donald Trump has asked National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins to remain in his position. It is not clear for how long. "We just learned that Dr. Collins has been held over by the Trump administration," an NIH spokesperson said in a statement. "We have no additional details at this time."
Collins, a geneticist who has headed the $32 billion NIH for the past 8 years, has been campaigning to keep his job and met with Trump last week. On Wednesday, he told a reporter at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that he still didn't know what his fate would be. But although Collins had the support of key Republicans in Congress, he has been one of several candidates for the NIH post, including Representative Andy Harris (R–MD).
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @04:06PM
Dr. Collins is one of the few high-profile religious scientists.
I'm a little surprised that he is staying on, though. He sent an NIH-wide email that was very unoptomistic after the election. I wonder if he has changed his opinion of Trump or if he wants to do damage control.